Monthly archives contain quotes that been posted for at least one week and had no responses posted. Beginning with January's archive a tally of views of the quotes prior to being added to the archive is in this first post. Quotes that have had responses posted will be kept separately and not archived.

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Truth "There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil." — Alfred North Whitehead

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Authority "I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority." — Rita Mae Brown, Starting from Scratch (1989)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Big Business "The exaltation of big business at the expense of the citizen was a central characteristic of government policy in Germany and Italy in the years before those countries were chewed to bits and spat out by fascism." — Paul Bigioni, "Fascism Then. Fascism Now?" Toronto Star (November 28, 2005)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Soccer "He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head." — Derek Johnstone

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Voting "Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote." — George Jean Nathan

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Charity "It is more blessed to give than to receive." — Acts 20:35

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Commercialism "We support the rights of parents to raise their children in an environment free from corporate manipulation. So many parents I talk to are fed up with the continual commercial assault on their children." — Enola Aird, quoted in press release, "New Name for National Coalition on Marketing to Children," Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (November 10, 2004)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Soccer "The crowd thinks that Todd handled the ball—they must have seen something that nobody else did." — Barry Davies

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On War "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war then we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living." — Omar Bradley

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—The Common Good "The truth is that runaway capitalists, environmental know-nothings, irresponsible accountants, amoral drug runners, and antimodern terrorists all flourish because we diminished the power of the public sphere." — Benjamin R. Barber, "A Failure of Democracy, Not Capitalism," New York Times, (July 29, 2002)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Corporate Crime "Passing the Corporate Three Strikes law would demonstrate that California is willing to get tough on crime in the suites, not just crime in the streets. It would create a climate where law-abiding companies thrive and give the public a means of cracking down on recidivist corporate criminals." — Lee Drutman, "What About Three-Strikes-and-You're-Out for Corporate Criminals?" Common Dreams (March 7, 2003)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Soccer "Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw." — Ron Atkinson, soccer player

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Wealth "The rich are never threaten by the poor; they don't notice them." — Marie de France

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Compassion "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." — Aesop, The Lion and the Mouse (6th century B.C.E.)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Corporate Power "The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power from democracy." — Alex Carey, quoted in "Democracy Falters as Corporate Power Grows," Toronto Star (April 1, 2001)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Soccer "Both of the Villa scorers—Withe and Mortimer—were born in Liverpool, as was the Villa manger, Ron Saunders, who was born in Birkenhead." — David Coleman, commentator

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Wisdom "Wisdom comes only through suffering." — Aeschylus

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Competence "If elections were only about competence, then right about now we'd be dedicating the Michael Dukakis Presidential Library." — Kenneth S. Baer and Andrei Cherny, "Wake Up, Democrats: Ideas and Vision Do Matter," Los Angeles Times (July 10, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "I don't have any immediate thoughts at the moment." — Walter Swinburn, British jockey, when asked about his immediate thoughts

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Women & Men "When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking." — Elayne Boosler

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Conscience "Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it." — Albert Einstein, quotes in Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist (1949)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Cult of the CEO "Times of war call for a spirit of shared sacrifice, not greed." — Sarah Anderson, "Put an End to CEO Excess" (December 17, 2005)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "[Jockey] Steve Cauthen, well on his way to that mythical 200 mark." — Jimmy Lindley, commentator

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Work "If you want to predict the future, create it." — Peter Drucker

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Courage "I'm tired of blaming Republicans for everything. We have a two-party system. When is the other party going to suit up?" — Andrew Foster Altschul, "Why the Democrats Aren't Going to Take Back Congress in 2006," Huffington Post (July 20, 2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Democratic Leadership Council "I can't tell the difference between the positions of the DLC puts forward and Republican policy." — Jack Blum, quoted in "Centrist Democrats Warn Liberals," Washington Times (April 4, 2005)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "A racing horse is not like a machine. It has to be tuned up like a racing car." — Chris Pool, commentator

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Writing "Writing is a certain way of wanting freedom." — Jean-Paul Sartre

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Decency "I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey . . . as from a savage who delights to torture his enemies, offers up bloody sacrifices, practices infanticide without remorse, treats his wives like slaves, knows no decency, and is haunted by the grossest superstitions." — Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Food Industry "Over 5,000 schools in the United States have contracts to sell soda pop and candy from vending machines and fast food in school cafeterias. I urge parents, teachers, legislators, and students to stand up to corporate venders of type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, heart disease, and empty calories, and tell them, 'Our children are not for sale.'" — John F. Borowski, "Commercialism in a Can," Common Dreams (October 21, 2002)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "These two horses have met five times this season, and I think they've beaten each other on each occasion." — Jimmy Lindley

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Activism "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!" — Mother Jones

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Doubt "A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition." — José Bergamín, The Rocket and the Star (1923)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Globalization "It's time to rethink unlimited free trade and globalization. Do we want a country of millionaire lawyers and entertainers and everyone else works at Wal-Mart and Burger King?" — Larry Beinhart, "A Manifesto (for Democrats and Liberals)," Common Dreams (December 15, 2005)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports ". . . in 1900 the owner of the Grand National winner was the then Price of Wales, King Edward VII." — David Coleman, commentator

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On African American "I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted." — Jesse Jackson

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Empathy "Strong political leadership that emphasizes empathy over confrontation and solidarity over self-righteousness is essential to settings things in motion at home and abroad." — Jeffery Alexander and Ron Eyerman, "A Test of Moral Conscience," Newsday (November 30, 2003)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Health Insurance Industry "In the current U.S. system, there are literally tens of thousands of different, and overlapping, health care organizations generating a blizzard of paperwork in an administrative wilderness creating enormous waste—thousands, if not millions of people pushing paper around. . . . A single payer system would eliminate all that." — Stephen Fleischman, "National Health Insurance Now, Not Later," AlterNet (February 2, 2007)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "There's Pam watching anxiously. She doesn't look anxious, though." — Stephen Hadley, British show jumper/commentator

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Aging "A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit." — D. Elton Trueblood

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Humanism "Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity." — American Humanist Association, Humanist Manifesto III, a successor to the Humanist Manifesto of 1933

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Management "Shame on Ford and GM for putting all their eggs in the SUV basket and then laying off thousands." — Barbara Ehrenreich, "Workers' Rights Are About Dignity as Much as Wages," Progressive (October 27, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "[Jockey] Tony [McCoy] has a quick look between his legs and likes what he sees." — Stewart Machin

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On America "America was not built by conformists, but by mutineers." — Jim Hightower

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—The Left "The next left will have to acknowledge, and even celebrate, the socialist spirit." — Ronald Aronson, "The Left Needs More Socialism," Nation (March 31, 2006)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Outsourcing "We've outsourced our slavery now, so we don't see the children working on our behalf in factories, the women in textile bondage, the indentured farmers picking our grapes in Chile." — Kay Campbell, "Chew on Some Collective Guilt before the Turkey This Year," Common Dreams (November 13, 2006)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "As you travel the world, do you do a lot of traveling?" — Harvey Smith, asked of show jumper

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Anger "When anger spreads through the breast, guard thy tongue from barking idly." — Sappho

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—The Left, Criticized "The basic posture of the Left . . . has been one of moral accommodation." — Steve Almond, quoted in What Do We Do Now (2004)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Technology "With the machine came the capitalist." — Eugene Debs, in a 1908 speech, quoted in Debs: His Life, Writings and Speeches (2002)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "He's a very competitive competitor, that's the sort of competitor he is." — Dorian Williams, horse show commentator

What Liberals Believe First Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Liberal Resurgence—Liberalism "Liberalism is too often misconceived as a new set of dogmas taught by a newer and better set of priests called "liberals." Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas—an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions." — Morris Raphael Cohen, The Faith of a Liberal (1946)

What Liberals Believe Second Quote of Day: In June Featuring—The Unchecked Power of Corporations—Wal-Mart "The Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Political Action Committee for Responsive Government earmarks the vast majority of its contributions to Republican Party political candidates and Republican political committees." — Bill Berkowitz, "Wal-Marting Philanthropy," Inter Press Service (October 22, 2005)

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Horse Racing and Other Equestrian Sports "My horse was in the lead, coming down the homestretch, but the caddie fell off." — Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer